Double tongue for harvesters



(HodeL) J/K. KEPNER. Double Tongue for Harvesters.

No. 241,996. Patented May 24,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN K. KEPNER, OF LITTLE VALLEY, MINNESOTA.

DOUBLE TONGUE FOR HARVESTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,996, dated May 24, 1881.

Application filed March 31, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KLINE KEPNER, of Little Valley, in the county of Olmsted and Stateof Minnesota, have invented a new Improvement in Double Tongues for Harvesters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a part of the same, showing the connection between the second tongue and the cross-bar.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the use of four or more horses abreast in operating harvesters.

The invention consistsin the combination, with the ordinary tongue, of a. cross bar, strengthening braces, and a second tongue, whereby four horses can be driven abreast, and also in the combination, with the two neckyokes attached to the two tongues, of the jockey-stick, whereby the forward ends of the two tongues are held from being forced apart,

as-will be hereinafter fully described.

A represents the ordinary tongue, which is connected with the harvester in the usual manner. To the tongue A, at a little distance from its rear end, is attached the end of the cross-bar B. The connection between the tongue A and the cross-bar B is strengthened by the inclined braces O D. The end of the rear or long brace, D, is attached to the tongue A near its rear end. The other end of the brace D is attached to the outer end of the cross-bar B. The end of the forward or short brace, O, is attached to the tongue A about midway between the ends of the cross-bar B and the brace D. The brace O is parallel with the brace D, and its other end is attached to the middle part of the crossbar B.

To the cross-bar B, eighteen inches, niore or less, from the tongue A, as the draft of the bar vester may require, is pivoted the four-horse evenerE by a bolt, F, which bolt F is strengthened by a hammer-strap, G. The rear end of the hammer-strap G is hinged to the hound H of the tongue A. The four-horse evener E is provided at each end with a two-horse evener, I, which is providedwith single-trees J, in the ordinary manner.

With the outer end of the cross-bar B is connected, by interlocked eyebolts K, or other suitable means, the rear end of the second tongue, L, the upper eyebolt, K, serving also to secure the end of the brace D to the end of the crossbar B. The eyebolts K are secured to the cross-bar B and tongue L by nuts, so that the second ton gue,L, can be detached when only two or three horses are to be used. With this construction it is necessary that the forward ends of the tongues A L should be so connected that they cannot be forced apart by the side pressure of the horses in guiding and turning the machine. To accomplish this the inner ends of the neck-yokes M, which are attached to the forward ends of the tongues A L in the ordinary manner, are connected by ajockey-stick, N. The ends of the jockey-stick N are connected with the ends of the neck-yokes M by strong harness-snaps, or other suitable means, so that the said jockey-stick N can be readily detached when required.

This invention was rendered necessary from the fact that only one horse can travel between the tongue A and the standing grain, and from the further fact that it is very difficult and dangerous for the driver upon a harvester to drive four horses when one span is placed in front of the other but when the four horses are placed abreast the driver can guide and control them with ease; and, also, from the fact that on bill y land two or three ordinary horses are not strong enough to do satisfactory work.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Thecombination, with the ordinary tongue A, of the cross-bar B, the braces O D, and the second tongue L, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby four horses can be driven abreast, as set forth.

2. In a double tongue, the combination, with the two neck-yokes M attached to the two tongues A L, of the jockey-stick N, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the forward ends of the two tongues are held from being forced apart, as set forth.

JOHN KLINE KEPNER.

Witnesses:

NELLY KEPNER, E. D. DYAR. 

